User Comparison Report
- Applies to:
- MindTouch (current)
- Role required:
- Admin
► Video: User Comparison Report
The data for this report has been collected since January 1, 2018 and is current through each previous day due to nightly data processing.
Access User Comparison report
Navigate to Site tools > Dashboard > Contribution Reports > User Comparison.
The User Comparison report is only accessible by users with Admin role, but the report includes export options to download or email the data.
Depending on query size, data may take up to a minute to load. A spinning wheel indicator will appear until each data component loads and the Stop button will change to Run when all components complete loading.
Report components
Export options (gear icon)
- Download as PDF
- Download as CSVs
- Send (email reports immediately)
- Schedule (email reports on a schedule)
Filters and Run
- Date
- User
- Group
- Contribution Type
- Run button
Data
User Comparison Overview
Format: Tiles showing number of Created, Edited, Moved, and Deleted (totals with comparisons to previous period)
Interaction options:
- Hover over a tile to show and click 3 dots menu for Download Data options
User Contributions Over Time
Format: Line graph
Interaction options:
- Hover over graph to show and click 3 dots menu for Download Data options
- Click a chart label (username) to toggle each user off or back on in the line graph
- Hover over any part of the line graph to see a details popup of date and specific value
- Click any part of the line graph to see drill options to Explore (popup data table with download option), Drill into Date (popup data table with download option), or Dashboards (refreshes page with relevant user filter applied).
Contributions by user
Format: Bar chart
Interaction options:
- Hover over chart to show and click 3 dots menu for Download Data options
- Click a chart label (username) to see drill option for Dashboards (refreshes report with relevant user filter applied).
- Hover over any part of the bar chart to see a details popup of user and specific value
- Click any part of the bar chart to see drill options to Explore (popup data table with download option) or Dashboards (refreshes page with relevant filters applied or refreshes page to Group Comparison Report with relevant filters applied).
- Click the chart labels (Created, Deleted, Edited, Moved) to toggle each contribution type off or back on in the stacked bar chart
Filter tips
- Auto-suggest: For User, Group, and Contribution Type filters, click into each filter field with is equal to (default) filter type selected to trigger the auto-suggest options before using other filter types.
- Filter field entries: Ensure selected filter field entries are accepted with grey background before clicking Run. Filter field entries are case sensitive.
Limitations
- Data settling period: The data for the most recent previous day should be considered incomplete and will likely increase (usually by less than 1%) the following day.
- The report times out after 1 hour of inactivity - refresh browser to reconnect or see 401 error troubleshooting
- Report labels are not localized on non-English MindTouch sites
- The report service, powered by Looker, has weekly maintenance hours when reports may be unavailable
- Sunday and Wednesday: 4am-6am UTC (9pm-11pm Pacific)